Cream Of Fennel Soup With Wellfleet Oysters Recipes

CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent. Whisk in flour and stir until a paste forms, 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk water and vegetable bouillon into the saucepan. Add fennel and bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until fennel is soft, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender. Stir in cream. If soup is too thick, add more water as needed. Season with salt and pepper.
• Chop fennel fronds. Divide soup between 4 bowls and sprinkle with fennel fronds.

VEGETARIAN CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine star anise, cardamom pods, and coriander seeds in a large skillet over medium heat and roast without burning until fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a mortar and pestle, and crush into powder form.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot and cook fennel, onion, and leek until softened, about 5 minutes. Season with ground spice mix and salt, cover, and simmer over medium heat until flavors are well combined, about 25 minutes. Pour in white wine and cook until wine has reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in vegetable broth and simmer for 10 minutes. Puree fennel soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Add cream and heat, but do not let boil. Season with salt.

CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Wash, and trim and cut fennel into quarters, reserving any feathery upper leaves to garnish the soup.
• Then, finely slice or dice, discarding the cores.
• Mince the onion.
• Melt the buttter in a 4 quart saucepan and slowly saute fennel and onion untill wilted and soft, approx 15 minute.
• Sprinkle on flour stirring cook 3-4 minute
• Then add chicken stock and whisk to remove lumps.
• Bring to a boil. reduce heat simmer 15-20 minute.
• In a small bowl whisk together the egg yolk and cream. Gradually add small amounts to the hot soup to the egg mixture to warm.
• Then slowly add the egg mixture to the soup whisking constantly.
• Heat without boiling and season with Salt/Pepper to taste.
• Garnish with minced fennel leaves.
• For a smoother textrue, puree the soup before adding egg mixture.

CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Put broth and water in a large soup pot and heat to a boil over medium-high heat. While broth is heating, prepare fennel and onion. Cut tops off fennel, reserving a few of the best fronds. Add vegetables to broth along with garlic, bay leaves, dill, and salt & pepper (to taste). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer about 15 minutes or until vegetables are cooked.
• Remove bay leaves and discard. Purée soup (use a blender, food processor or immersion blender) to a smooth consistency. Return to pot and swirl in the 1/2 cup potato flakes. Add chopped fronds. Remove pot from heat.
• Core unpeeled apple and chop into a fine dice. Ladle soup into four bowl. Top each with 1 tbsp apple and 1 tbsp cheese.
• Enjoy!

CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the feathery tops off the fennel bulbs. Finely mince two tablespoons of the green tops and set aside. Discard the woody stems. Chop the fennel bulbs medium fine.
• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the onion and chopped fennel bulb, cover and cook over low heat until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Add the chicken stock and simmer 10 minutes longer.
• Puree the soup in a blender or a food processor. Return it to the saucepan and add the cream. Simmer for five minutes, then stir in the Pernod or Ricard and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bring to a simmer. Serve the soup topped with a dusting of chopped fennel tops. If desired, float a teaspoon of caviar on top of each serving.

FENNEL AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Slice the fennel into medium-size pieces.
• Heat butter and olive oil together in a pot over medium-low heat. Add sliced fennel, spring onions, and 1 cup of the stock. Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes until fennel is soft and translucent.
• Pour remaining stock into the pot; add potato. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer gently until the potato is very soft and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Gently mash vegetables with a potato masher or the back of a wooden spoon until soup is thick and chunky. If soup is too thick, stir in water by tablespoons to your desired consistency. Season with black pepper. Let rest 5 minutes to allow flavors to develop before serving.

CREAM OF FENNEL SOUP WITH WELLFLEET OYSTERS

Steps:

• In large soup pot over high heat, melt the butter. Add the fennel, fennel seeds, leeks and reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, about 15 minutes. Add potatoes, stock and wine. Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes. Transfer potatoes to a sieve or food mill set over a large bowl. Use a rubber spatula to push the potatoes through the sieve, or mill the potatoes. Next, strain the rest of the soup through the sieve, pushing on the veggies to extract the liquid. Discard veggies. Return soup to pot. (Can be prepared a day ahead to this point). Stir cream into soup and bring to simmer. Strain reserved oyster liquor through cheesecloth into soup. Season w/ salt & pepper to taste. Add oysters and cook till heated through, 1 minute or less. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with fennel fronds. Serve immediately.